Psychiatrists aren’t medical doctors. This guy claims to be a forensic psychologist in one thread then says he is treating Covid patients in another. Now he’s a psychiatrist.
What are your thoughts on Remdesivir vs. hydroxychloroquine? Why is one 2k and the other dirt cheep, never understood that with medication, is there some rare ingredient in it thats hard to find or something?
Sorry to be so off-topic but I always appreciate your common sense posts. My daughter wants me to leave the SC Lowcountry and move to Cary. I’m really reluctant. Cary seems pretty blue and multi-cultural. (Though my coastal home is fast losing its charm as the damn Yankees invade like locusts.) Thoughts? Why OH?
Psychiatrist. Has a medical background (degree), thus can prescribe meds. Spezialized in psychiatry. Can do the additional path to psychotherapy to also work as a therapist.
Psychologist. Normal university "psychology" degree. Can do an advanced track/trade which takes like ~5years (where some of them are within in clinic) and they can thus become psychotherapists. They cannot prescribe meds.
Can chose not to do all of those above and work in completely random non-medical fields.
(Psycho-)Therapist: Can offer therapy. Either is a psychiatrist or psychologist that did the additional training.
Psychiatrist is MD, a physician.
Psychologist (clinical) is PsyD (see Jordan Peterson).
Therapist is often social worker.
Psychiatrists can prescribe meds and offer non-pharmaceutical therapy.
Psychologists offer non pharmaceutical therapy.
Social workers can offer non pharmaceutical therapy, but for psychological issues I think you would want an expert like a psychiatrist or a psychologist.
I said they offer non pharmaceutical therapy aka behavioral or psychotherapy. So psychiatrists can prescribe meds + everything from below. Psychologists everything except meds.
Look up local “therapists” and I think you will be surprised how many have social work background and how few are psychology background. Surprised me in the past and I always felt it was somewhat obscured in their bio. I was always surprised when I looked it up.
I think if I was coping with major trauma like that I would prefer a psychologist.
Psychiatrists aren’t medical doctors. This guy claims to be a forensic psychologist in one thread then says he is treating Covid patients in another. Now he’s a psychiatrist.
Excellent killshot, doc.
@KylesRifle, to save you a little face - it's very common for layfolk to confuse psychologist and psychiatrist.
What are your thoughts on Remdesivir vs. hydroxychloroquine? Why is one 2k and the other dirt cheep, never understood that with medication, is there some rare ingredient in it thats hard to find or something?
Be careful not to Dox yourself, Pede.
Sorry to be so off-topic but I always appreciate your common sense posts. My daughter wants me to leave the SC Lowcountry and move to Cary. I’m really reluctant. Cary seems pretty blue and multi-cultural. (Though my coastal home is fast losing its charm as the damn Yankees invade like locusts.) Thoughts? Why OH?
My daughter is getting her BA in both psychology and Philosophy and minors in Biology, Chemistry and Neuroscience.
She wants to go to med school to be a psychiatrist. Any advice?
Ohhhhh snap! Someone is war path!!! God speed! I am fighting the good fight in one of largest medical device companies as an engineer.
Short question (since I'm from Germany):
We basically divide the thing into 3 careers:
Psychiatrist. Has a medical background (degree), thus can prescribe meds. Spezialized in psychiatry. Can do the additional path to psychotherapy to also work as a therapist.
Psychologist. Normal university "psychology" degree. Can do an advanced track/trade which takes like ~5years (where some of them are within in clinic) and they can thus become psychotherapists. They cannot prescribe meds. Can chose not to do all of those above and work in completely random non-medical fields.
(Psycho-)Therapist: Can offer therapy. Either is a psychiatrist or psychologist that did the additional training.
Is that basically the same for the US?
I was going to write something similar after seeing Psychiatrist.
He helped me when no one else did. So I think he knows what he's talking about.
I think psychiatrists are mds, psychologists are... I don't know, social workers or something?
Psychiatrist is MD, a physician. Psychologist (clinical) is PsyD (see Jordan Peterson). Therapist is often social worker.
Psychiatrists can prescribe meds and offer non-pharmaceutical therapy. Psychologists offer non pharmaceutical therapy. Social workers can offer non pharmaceutical therapy, but for psychological issues I think you would want an expert like a psychiatrist or a psychologist.
I said they offer non pharmaceutical therapy aka behavioral or psychotherapy. So psychiatrists can prescribe meds + everything from below. Psychologists everything except meds.
Look up local “therapists” and I think you will be surprised how many have social work background and how few are psychology background. Surprised me in the past and I always felt it was somewhat obscured in their bio. I was always surprised when I looked it up.
I think if I was coping with major trauma like that I would prefer a psychologist.